Saint of the day and Feast days-Part 3

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June 8
Today we remember
Saint Victorinus of Camerino
Among many other Saints

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Saint Victorinus
Bishop of Camerino.
Hermit.
Victorinus was the brother of Saint Severinus.The two brothers distributed their wealth to the poor in their area, then retired to live as hermits on Montenero. Victorinus was ordered by Pope Vigilius to become bishop of Camerino, Italy. His brother Severinus became the bishop of Septemeda, Italy, which, ever since, has been called San Severino.
Victorinus died in 543
Saint Victorinus
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June 9
Today we remember
Saint Cumian of Bobbio
Among many other Saints

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Saint Cumian
Bishop
He is also known as Cummian or Cumin. He was a Benedictine Bishop in Ireland. He gave up his Episcopal ministry , traveled to Bobbio in Italy. where he lived as a monk.
Saint Cumian
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Originally Posted by odhiambo

June 6
Today we remember
Saint Alexander of Fiesole
Among many other saints

6 June is also the feast day of Saint Marcellin Champagnat, founder of the Marist Brothers. He is apparently the first saint I read about, since I went to a school founded by the Marist Brothers.

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Marcellin Joseph Benoît Champagnat (1789-1840)
priest, of the Society of Mary,
Founder of the Institute of the Little Brothers of Mary (Marist Brothers)



MARCELLIN CHAMPAGNAT was born on 20th May 1789, in Marlhes, a village in the mountains of east-central France. The Revolution was about to burst upon the scene. He was the ninth child of a very Christian family, from whom he received his basic education. His mother and his aunt, a religious driven from her convent, awoke in him a solid faith and deep devotion to Mary. His father, who was a farmer and merchant, possessed an above-average education, and played a significant role in the politics of the village and the region. He imparted to Marcellin his aptitude for manual work, a penchant for direct action, a sense of responsibility, and openness to new ideas.
When Marcellin was 14, a priest passing through the village helped him to see that God was calling him to the priesthood. Marcellin, whose formal schooling was practically non-existent, began to study because "God wills it!", even while those around him, aware of his limitations, tried to dissuade him. The difficult years he spent in the minor seminary in Verrieres (1805-1813) were for him a time of real human and spiritual growth.

Among his companions in the major seminary in Lyons were Jean-Marie Vianney, the future Cure of Ars, and Jean-Claude Colin who was to become the founder of the Marist Fathers. He joined a group of seminarians whose goal was to found a congregation bearing Mary's name and including priests, sisters and a lay third order the "Society of Mary" for the re-Christianisation of society. Deeply aware of the cultural and spiritual poverty of the children of the countryside, Marcellin felt a strong urge to include a branch of brothers for the Christian education of young people. "I cannot see a child without wanting to tell him how much Jesus loves him." The day after their ordination on 22nd July 1816, these young priests went to consecrate themselves to Mary and to place their project under her protection at the shrine of Our Lady of Fourviere.

Marcellin was sent as curate to the parish of La Valla. His ministry there included visiting the sick, catechizing the children, helping the poor, and helping families to live the Christian life. His simple, direct style of preaching, his deep devotion to Mary, and his apostolic zeal, made a profound impression on his parishioners. His encounter with a dying 17-year-old boy who had absolutely no religious instruction, shook him to his depths, and moved him not to delay any longer in putting his plans into action.

On 2nd January 1817, only six months after his arrival in La Valla, Marcellin, a 27-year-old curate, brought together his first two disciples; the congregation of the Little Brothers of Mary, or Marist Brothers, was born in poverty, humility, and total trust in God under Mary's protection. While still carrying on his parish ministry, he went to live with his brothers, whom he trained and prepared for their mission as Christian teachers, catechists, and educators of young people. Passionately devoted to the Kingdom of God, conscious of the tremendous needs of young people, and an instinctive educator, Marcellin turned these uncultured young country lads into generous apostles. He lost no time in opening schools. Vocations arrived and the first little house, even though enlarged by Marcellin himself, was soon too small. There were many difficulties. The clergy in general did not understand what this inexperienced young priest with no material resources was trying to accomplish. However, the nearby villages continually requested brothers to see to the Christian education of their children.

Marcellin and his brothers shared in the construction of their new house, which could hold more than 100 persons and which would bear the name of "Our Lady of the Hermitage". Freed from his parish duties in 1825, he thenceforth devoted himself totally to his congregation: the spiritual, pedagogical and apostolic formation and accompaniment of his brothers, visits to the schools, and the opening of new ones.

Marcellin, a man of deep faith, never ceased to seek the will of God through prayer and dialogue with the religious authorities and with his brothers. Very conscious of his own limitations, he counted only on God and on the protection of Mary, his "Good Mother", "Ordinary Resource" and "First Superior". His deep humility, and his acute awareness of the presence of God, helped him to live through many severe trials with great inner peace. He often prayed psalm 126: "If the Lord does not build the house", convinced that this congregation of brothers was the work of God and Mary. His motto was, "All to Jesus through Mary, and all to Mary for Jesus".

"To make Jesus Christ known and loved" is the brothers' mission. The school is the privileged setting for this mission of evangelisation. Marcellin taught his disciples to love and respect children, and to give special attention to the poor, the most ungrateful and the most neglected, especially orphans. Spending a great deal of time with young people, with simplicity, family spirit and love of work, and all of this carried out as Mary would have, were the essential points of his vision of education.

In 1836, the Church recognized the Society of Mary and entrusted to it the missions of Oceania. Marcellin took his vows as a member of the Society of Mary, and sent three brothers with the first missionary Marist Fathers to the islands of the Pacific. "Every diocese of the world figures in our plans", he had written.

Steps for obtaining legal recognition of his congregation made great demands on his time, energy and spirit of faith. He never stopped repeating, "When God is on your side, and you rely only on him, nothing is impossible!"

A lengthy illness gradually wore down his robust constitution. Worn out by his labors, he died at the age of 51 on 6th June 1840, leaving this message with his brothers: "May you be of one heart and one mind. May it be said of the Little Brothers of Mary as of the first Christians: see how they love one another!"

Source: http://www.vatican.va/news_services/...pagnat_en.html

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Originally Posted by odhiambo

June 9
Today we remember
Saint Cumian of Bobbio
Among many other Saints

June 9 -- also the day of

Saint Ephraem, Deacon and Doctor of the Church

Optional Memorial

I'm sure you mentioned him in your previous thread. I just wanted to share this quote I came across today:

Oh my loved friends,
Ye children of the Church,
Offer up your praise
At the season of the dawn:
Every morning let us give thanks,
And bow down in adoration,
To the good Being who hath arranged in order,
All the starry lights on high. – Saint Ephraem [1]

[1] Ephraem Syrus, “A Morning Hymn,” in Select Metrical Hymns and Homilies of Ephraem Syrus (Berlin: Asher and Co., 1853), 67, quoted in Rev. Henry Birgess, Ph.D, ed. www.archive.org

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Saint Marcellin Champagnat,
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Saint Ephraem,
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June 10
Let us remember today
Blessed Walter Pierson
Among many other Saints and Blesseds

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Walter Pierson
Martyr.
Walter was a Carthusian lay brother in England in the 16th century. He was a member of the Carthusian Charterhouse of London. He was arrested with his companions by English authorities for opposing the religious policies of King Henry VIII, specifically his Dissolution of the Monastery and his Act of Supremacy. He was starved to death in prisin with six other Carthusian. He died on 10 June 1537 in Newgate Prison, London, England.
He was beatified on 29 December 1886 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmed)
canonization is pending.
Blessed Walter Pierson
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June 11
Today we remember
Saint Paula Frassinetti
Among many other Saints

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Saint Paula Frassinetti
She is also known as Paola Frassinetti. She was born on 3 March 1809 at Genoa, Italy, the only daughter of John and Angela Frassinetti who had five children. Her mother died when she was nine years old. An aunt moved in to help but she too passed on three years down the line. Paula, aged just 12 years old, took over as homemaker and cared for her father and her brothers. All the four brothers became priests. One of her brothers was a parish priest in the city. She assisted him by teaching poor children in their parish.
In 1834, Paula started a school for girls in Quinto, Italy. From this, developed the Congregation of Saint Dorothy (Frassinetti Sisters). dedicated to educating poor children. It soon spread across Italy and then to the Americas.
Paula died on 11 June 1882 from pneumonia.
She was canonized on 11 March 1984 by Pope John Paul II.
She is patron saint of the sick.
Saint Paula Frassinetti
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June 12
Today we remember
Pope Saint Leo III
Among many other Saints

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Pope Saint Leo III
Pope Leo III, reportedly, is sometimes called Charlemagne‘s Pope. He was born in Rome, Italy, the son of Atypius and Elizabeth. Leo was the papal treasurer when he was elected pope on 26 December 795, the day his predecessor, Pope Hadrian I (Adrian) was buried.
On 25 April 799, Pope Leo was the victim of a plot by relatives of Pope Hadrian I to oust him from the papacy. He was attacked by armed men who tried to gouge out his eyes and cut out his tongue! He managed to escape to Saint Erasmus Monastery where he recovered very quickly. There were many who termed his recovery miraculous. The Pope fled to Charlemagne‘s protection at Paderborn, Germany. He was escorted back to Rome a few months later by a contingent of Charlemagne‘s men.
In 800, Charlemagne came to Rome. There were accusations brought against the Pope. At a synod, Charlemagne completely exonerated Leo of all false charges by his enemies.
On Christmas day in 800, Leo crowned Charlemagne emperor, marking the beginning of the Holy Roman Empire.
Leo and Charlemagne worked harmoniously for the next several years. When Charlemagne died in 814, Leo’s protection died with him. His enemies again rose against him but he was able to crush these revolts.
Leo died on 12 June 816. His relics are at Saint Peter’s, Rome, Italy.
He was canonized in 1673 by Pope Clement X.
Pope Saint Leo III
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